MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Air Guard released the name of the pilot who died Tuesday in an F16 crash in Michigan: Captain Durwood “Hawk” Jones, 37. He was from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Survivors include his wife and two children.
Jones. In a flight suit cradling one of his children in an F16 hangar.
Pilot profile
Durwood Jones joined the Air National Guard in 2011. He graduated from F16 basic qualification training in 2015. He was a decorated combat veteran as a part of the Pacific Command Theater Support Package to Japan in 2015 and to Korea in 2017. He deployed again in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel to Afghanistan in 2019. He was awarded two Air Medals for being personally exposed to hostile action or under significant risk.